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#3,815 All-time worldwide
#126 2017 releases

Movie profile

The Circle

2017 · 110 min · Parkes+Mac Donald Image Nation

Drama Thriller Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $40.7M
Budget $18.0M
Gross minus budget $22.7M
ROI 2.26x

Domestic gross

$20.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$20.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Circle ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #3,815 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2017 releases #126 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2017. Studio / company #1 Parkes+Mac Donald Image Nation of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Parkes+Mac Donald Image Nation movie set. Primary genre #1,403 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did The Circle (2017) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Circle (2017) earned a reported $40.7M worldwide against a reported $18.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $22.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.26x. In this database it currently ranks #3,815 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #126 among 2017 releases.

Worldwide gross
$40,651,864
Budget
$18,000,000
Gross minus budget
$22,651,864
ROI
2.26x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 27, 2017
Production
Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation, Route One Entertainment, Playtone
Countries
AE, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParkes+Mac Donald Image Nation Release year chart2017 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2017, The Circle is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction title from Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $40.7M, reported production budget is $18.0M, gross-minus-budget is $22.7M, ROI is 2.26x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,815 all-time in the current chart set and #126 among 2017 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.